Conflicts within New Right

Tensions within the New Right NEOLIBERALISM NEOCONSERVATISM Classical liberalism Traditional conservatism negative liberty, laissezfaire, civil stability, authority, duty, principles of liberties natural law, tradition Atomism Organicism individuals in grouping community, unity, society like human `There is no such thing as society' organs Radicalism Cautious and piecemeal changeGreater change, more drastic change, a reliance on traditional modes and decisive break from the postwar institutions e.g., state, family consensus Libertarianism/minimal state Authoritarianism/strong state enhance individual freedom through law & order, provide direction onprivatisation, deregulation and reduced societal morals in response to growth welfarism of permissiveness Economic dynamism Social orderfaith in free market principles to create economic change had huge opportunities socioeconomic implications, destroying communities and requiring the squashing of protests Equality of opportunity Natural hierarchy success based on thrift, hard work society had natural divisions and roles and selfenterprise for particular groupsInternationalism/ Proglobalisation Insular nationalism/ the development of free market Antiglobalisation capitalism on a global basis Increased immigration and the mixing encouraged cooperation and of ideas through media threatenedinterdependence on a global scale traditional cultures and values Ideological Pragmatic dogmatic attachment to the adopt policies that work supremacy of the market